Do Not Store Up Your Treasures On Earth

The founder of a charity dedicated to working with military veterans and active-duty members afflicted by combat trauma is claiming an ad for one of his organization’s recent YouTube videos was censored over the weekend for containing the keyword “Christian.” During a phone interview Tuesday with Faithwire, Chad Robichaux, a U.S. Marine veteran and the founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, said his marketing team tried to publish an advertisement Saturday for an episode of the “Mighty Oaks Show,” which often features interviews with veterans…

You are not signed in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting. Sign in or Sign up today! ABUJA, Nigeria (ChurchMilitant.com) – While international human rights groups are warning of “genocidal” persecution of Nigeria’s Christians, Nigeria’s Abp. Ignatius Kaigama wants government leaders to stop the violence. Persecution of Nigeria’s Christians by well-armed Muslim Fulani militants is approaching genocidal levels, according to a report filed July 15 titled “Nigeria: The Genocide is Loading” by the international human rights organization Jubilee Campaign (JC). Their report submitted to the International…

It happens more and more these days. I’m embarrassed by much of American Christianity. I’ve spent a lifetime bring proud of the word, “Christian.” As a child, when other young boys were planning to grow up to be firemen, “army men” or professional football players, I was going to be a preacher “like my daddy.” But, too often these days, preachers make me cringe. “Too often these days, preachers make me cringe.” I hear anti-education views that are dishearteningly narrow. I hear views about…

“The Bachelorette” contestant Luke Parker, who has been widely ridiculed for his Christian views on sex before marriage, has penned an Instagram post explaining why he went on the show in the first place. “I never wanted to go on the show to begin with,” the Georgia native wrote in his post, noting that his sister signed him up. While he was skeptical, Luke decided that if God wanted him to go on and spread the message of Jesus, then he’d do it —…

By Samuel Smith, CP Reporter | Thursday, July 25, 2019 Attendees watch on during the 2019 Evangelicals for Life conference at the McLean Bible Church in McLean, Virginia on Jan. 16, 2019. | PHOTO: ERLC A new Pew Research poll suggests that evangelical Christians are more knowledgeable about the Bible and Christianity than other American Christians, while American Jews are most knowledgeable about religion in general. While most polls tend to present data on public opinion, a new Pew Research Center survey titled “What…

By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter | Wednesday, July 24, 2019 Lee and Shannon Dingle and their six children. | GoFundMe The husband of Christian writer Shannon Dingle and father-of-six died in a “freak accident” on the North Carolina shores last week, sparking an outpouring of support from those in the Christian community. In a blog post, Dingle revealed her husband, Lee Dingle, was playing with his children on Oak Island when a wave hit him so hard he crashed on the sand,…

July 24, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — A YouTube ad for a charity supporting military veterans was suppressed recently because it contained the keyword “Christian,” the charity’s founder says. Chad Robichaux, a U.S. Marine veteran and founder of the Mighty Oaks Foundation, said his marketing team attempted to publish the ad Saturday for an episode of the “Mighty Oaks Show,” which features interviews with vets and content focused on the veteran community. We ran a @YouTube ad for our veterans ministry outreach for those in need & it…

The Chinese government continues to tighten its grip on Christianity by actively discouraging young people to engage in things of faith. Under the last year’s new Regulations on Religious Affairs legislation, schoolchildren are even encouraged to report any family members who espouse Christian views. Faithwire: ‘No Evidence Base’: Former Psychologist at Child Trans Clinic Pens Damning Open Letter to Former Boss According to Chinese persecution watchdog, Bitter Winter, the new policy has created fierce rifts amongst families as children are encouraged to questions and undermine the…

The next time you walk into a shop with a sign reading “CBD sold here,” you’ll be a lot less likely to find shelves full of Bibles. One of the world’s largest retailers of Christian products, Christian Book Distributors LLC of Peabody, Massachusetts, is changing its branding to become Christianbook Inc., the company quietly announced last month. That’s because the initials by which it has been known for more than 40 years are CBD. Like the cannabis product. And that was confusing for believers…

Eight locales in the Northeast and New England, a region historically known for its “righteous roots” and religious freedom, along with two West Coast spots, top the Barna Group’s annual list of most “post-Christian” cities. Barna researchers use the designation to classify places where the fewest people follow Christian beliefs and practices, as measured by a list of more than a dozen factors. The Springfield-Holyoke area in western Massachusetts, came in at the top of the post-Christian rankings in 2019, with a majority of…

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Matthew 6:19) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,…. Meaning either treasures that are of an earthly nature and kind, the more valuable and excellent things of…

Atheist, Muslims, Satanist, Gangsters, Strippers, Drug Addicts, Homosexuals, and myself all have one thing in common. We sin. No sin is too big for Jesus. He died on the cross for all of us. You have the winning ticket already. Redeem that winning ticket by asking the Lord Jesus Christ to come into your heart. Ask him for forgiveness and to change you from the inside out. There is no gift on earth that compares to the gift or eternal salvation. For God so…

Without question, the nastiest, evil, most disgusting, cunning, and seductive spirit in Satan’s hierarchy has to be what many call the Jezebel spirit. What is the Jezebel spirit? The Jezebel spirit is not just one spirit like Satan is. This is a “type” of evil spirit in Satan’s kingdom. There is only one devil, one Satan, but there are many spirits that would be considered a Jezebel type spirit, as they all have a particular type of personality and a specific way in which…

New Western Wall tunnels synagogue opened By Jeremy Sharon | December 19, 2017 18:49 The synagogue is deep inside the complex and is adjacent to the area above which the ancient Jewish temples on the Temple Mount stood, and the inner sanctum of the Holy of Holies in particular. A remarkable new synagogue within the Western Wall tunnels complex that took 12 years to build was dedicated and opened on Monday night, following the traditional Hanukka candle-lighting ceremony in the Western Wall plaza. The…